[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 102 (Wednesday, May 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28839-28840]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13862]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Western Washington Cascades Province Interagency Executive
Committee (PIEC) Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Western Washington Cascades PIEC Advisory Committee will
meet on June 13, 1997 at the Whitehorse Grange, State Highway 530 at
Sweede Heaven Road, six miles west of Darrington, Washington. The
meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. and continue until about 3:00 p.m.
Agenda items to be covered include: (1) Formal introduction of new
members, and a review and discussion of Committee operating procedures
and ground rules; (2) discussion of the Finney Adaptive Management Area
and related resource and management issues; (3) updates on the Mt.
Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest timber program, monitoring,
cooperative ecosystem management, fisheries, and recreation management;
(4) tentative agenda and topics for August field trip and meeting; (5)
other topics as appropriate; and, (6) open public forum. A field trip
for Advisory Committee members will take place the previous day,
Thursday, May 12, 1997. Members will tour portion of the Finney
Adaptive Management Area and nearby areas on the Darrington Ranger
District. The trip will commence about 8:30 a.m. at the Darrington
Ranger District Office, 1405 Emmons St., in Darrington, Washington, and
end at the District Office about 5:00 p.m. The purpose of the trip is
to familiarize Advisory Committee members with the Finney Adaptive
Management Area, including location, land, resources, historical
context, planning situation, and the socioeconomic and communities
setting. All Western Washington Cascades Province Advisory Committee
meetings are open to the public. Interested citizens are encourage to
attend. Interested citizens are also welcome to joint he June 12 field
trip; however, they must provide their own transportation.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Direct questions regarding this
meeting to Chris Hansen-Murray, Province Liaison, USDA, Mt. Baker-
Snoqualmie National Forest, 21905 64th Avenue
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West, Mountlake Terrace, Washington 98043, 206-744-3276.
Dated: May 21, 1997.
Dennis E. Bschor,
Forest Supervisor.
[FR Doc. 97-13862 Filed 5-27-97; 8:45 am]
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